The Board of Regents can make split-second decisions to remove asbestos from the University Health Services or to place a copper top on the Holmes Student Center. Nine officials appointed by the governor and three non-voting students make up the board,...

Despite rising fuel prices and local construction, the Huskie Bus Lines keeps trekking NIU students across campus, DeKalb and Sycamore. So far, rising fuel prices spurred by the Persian Gulf crisis have not affected the service because the diesel needed...

Student Association Treasurer Mike Holy wants to keep his campaign promise of fairness and consistency by possibly establishing more specific guidelines for SA funding of campus organizations. Holy said the guidelines used now might be too general. He...

New credit systems are available for NIU students this fall at the University Bookstore and the Village Commons Bookstore. The credit systems enable students to buy books and supplies without bringing large amounts of money when shopping for books and...

Plans are underway to replace the outdated smoke detectors in the Holmes Student Center with a new, $500,000 system. NIU Project Manager Conrad Miller said NIU is replacing the old system because no replacement parts are available should it fail. It has...

The DeKalb City Council voted unanimously Monday night to vacate Lincon Terrace and turn the road over to NIU. The road is located at the south part of NIU between Normal Road and Carroll Avenue. NIU owns the property both north and south of the road—two...

Ellen Goodman The Boston Globe Each year at this time, in an effort to pay tribute to our historic foremothers, I celebrate Aug. 26, anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage, by publicly recognizing those who have done their utmost in the past 12...

A DeKalb judge Monday allowed Brett Hooghkirk's attorney to review evidence concerning the Lisa Garretson murder case without the presence of the police or the state's attorney. Circuit court judge John Nickels granted defense attorney Bill Brady's request,...

NIU students and staff can find their way home safely late at night with NIU's Late Night Ride Service. The service runs Thursday through Saturday nights between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., said SA Mass Transit Adviser Todd Allen. The service, paid for by the...

Students are feeling the heat now, but they might want to bring umbrellas to class Thursday. NIU meteorologist Brendon Larson said this week's heat wave- which shot mercury up to 95 degrees Monday afternoon- is a result of a build-up of high pressure...

The more than 240 people who were shut out of their unfinished apartments should be able to move in early October. Tenants expecting to move into Stadium View Apartments II on Lincoln Highway earlier this month instead found workmen scurrying to complete...

Frosty the Snowman could signal a new beginning for NIU's free-speech users and music buffs. The King Memorial Commons renovation—including a free speech area equiped with microphone hookups and areas for musical concerts—will be finished "by the...